On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 09:49 Charles Curley < charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 07:40:54 -0600 > Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I just bought a new printer, an HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 4301fdw, to > > replace my nine-year old HP MFP black and white laser printer (which > > was always connected directly by wire to my home network). > > > > > > Now I am trying their latest code and having problems getting it to > > work smoothly. The latest code doesn't work correctly (two other > > users had posted a work-around for Ubuntu but it failed for me), so I > > had to use the C/Bash/Python code archive to compile and install the > > CUPS and other ways to advertise the printer on the network. > > I bought an HP LaserJet MFP M234sdw several years ago. It is a > so-called "driverless" printer. Your experience sounds a lot like mine. > If your printer is also "driverless" I suggest you get rid of all > printer drivers unless you need them for some other printer you haven't > mentioned. > > You will probably want HP's HP Smart app on your phone to administer > it, even though it is an officious proprietary blob. > > And identifying which "printer" will actually work is a PITA, as you Thanks, Charles. I'm going to try installing the OpenPrinting snap HPLIP on top of my current mess and see what happens. -Tom
